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"1": "譬猶 療飢 於 附子，止渴 於 酖{zhèn}-毒，未 入 膓胃，已 絕 咽喉，豈 可 爲{wéi} 哉！",
"2": "It's like sating hunger with aconite roots and slaking thirst with zhen's poison; they would not even enter the stomach and guts before already having killed by blocking off the throat; how can such a thing be done?",
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"expansion": "譬猶療飢於附子，止渴於酖毒，未入膓胃，已絕咽喉，豈可爲哉！ [Literary Chinese, trad.]譬犹疗饥于附子，止渴于鸩毒，未入肠胃，已绝咽喉，岂可为哉！ [Literary Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5ᵗʰ century CE\nPìyóu liáojī yú fùzǐ, zhǐkě yú zhèndú, wèi rù chángwèi, yǐ jué yānhóu, qǐ kě wéi zāi! [Pinyin]\nIt's like sating hunger with aconite roots and slaking thirst with zhen's poison; they would not even enter the stomach and guts before already having killed by blocking off the throat; how can such a thing be done?",
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"zh-pron": "jam² dzam⁶ dzi² hot⁸"
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"zh-pron": "jam² dzam⁶ dzi² hot⁸"
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